Employment — national citizens

In 2017, Ireland's employment increased by 1.9% compared to 2016, reaching 1,785k.

Ireland accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 176,807k.

Ireland ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 14.5% (from 1,558k in 2012).

Source: Eurostat dataset lfsa_egan, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.